Not what it supposedly once was - Client Manager Nielsen Employee Review

2.0
8 Jun 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to work remote - you basically reap the benefits of your client. Just changed to unlimited vacation (con: this probably was to save money by not having to pay out vacation time when people leave since they never paid sick time)

Cons

Culture is now "culture of cost cutting". Understaffed to the point where it will start to show with clients. Layoffs still happening and there is no internal talent that can be shuffled around. Don't see myself having a pay raise anytime soon and with the company missing numbers, not expecting much of anything really. We sell in projects but then there are not enough people to complete them. I left my last job because of this type of mentality, it is not sitting well. Currently working through a VERY disorganized restructuring of the company as well as changing all of our internal management platforms. Needless to say, there is total lack of transparency, and I honestly don't have a very good outlook. You have to reach out to senior leadership for updates on what is going on rather than them reaching out to you. No one checks in on you, general feeling of a lack of empathy/compassion for employees. Because most people are remote or on-site, there is no sense of community/culture with Nielsen. You feel more aligned with your clients. I can't speak for others but certainly feel alone with no resources for help.

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Pros

Was a great job with great benefits

Cons

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1.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutley nothing. Which is a tragedy, because Nielsen was once an absolutely great place to work. I wanted to retire here. The culture used to be great, and I really loved being a part of this place. I loved my team, my management, and the people. Then along came the current CEO who is the classic example of a person who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing. He took over and ran the company full speed ahead in to the iceberg. And to try and save the sinking ship, he laid off literally thousands of highly experienced, highly trained, and highly engaged people to replace them with fresh overseas hires who know nothing about the company and expect them to be trained from the ground up to replace literally centuries of collective expererience and client relations. It's a disaster. This CEO shouldn't be trusted to run a lemonade stand.

Cons

Everything. Pay, job security, culture, management. Nothing is good here anymore. Don't take a job here unless you are truly desperate. And even then, it should only be as a stop-gap until you can find something else.

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